Well I am going to think carefully about what I will do or not do in my next session with him. I see him every 3 weeks and kept it at that. For a variety of reasons it makes my life simpler to be under the constant care of a psychiatrist and his office is conveniently close, he gives 45 minute appointments, and is almost always on time. Plus if I hear about a medication he will look it up and generally prescribe it.

But if he is acting agitated, talking a lot and seems distracted I will ask him I think point blank if he thinks he is manic and see what he says. Then i might ask him if he thinks he should be treating patients while he's manic. I'd prefer to deal with this face to face with him seeing that I've been a patient for 10 years and he has always been loyal to me even though I was once even in serious legal trouble.

So what do you think of this plan?